Valeri Kubasov
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Valery Nikolaevich Kubasov was a Soviet and Russian cosmonaut who flew on two missions in the Soyuz programme as a flight engineer: Soyuz 6 and Soyuz 19, and commanded Soyuz 36 in the Intercosmos programme. On 21 July 1975, the Soyuz 7K-TM module used for ASTP landed in Kazakhstan at 5:51 p.m. and Kubasov was the first to exit the craft. Kubasov performed the first welding experiments in space, along with Georgy Shonin.
1935 — 2014
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Valery Nikolaevich Kubasov
Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin", Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR, Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow", Gold Star medal, Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Gratitude, Merited Master of Sports of the USSR, Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration", Hero of the Soviet Union, International Space Hall of Fame, Medal "Veteran of Labour", Order of Lenin, Russia, Soviet Union,
Dong Fang Hong 2, Ekran,
Photograph of President Gerald Ford, Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin, and the Apollo-Soyuz Crews Looking at a Model of the Apollo-Soyuz Spacecrafts in the Cabinet Room - NARA - 7347187







